Tag Archives: trees

Book Review: Seeing Trees

October 29, 2011 | Kylee Baumle | 0

Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees by Nancy Ross Hugo and Robert Llewellyn (Photographer) 242 pages Timber Press, 2011 List price: $29.95 Trivia buffs love books that take an ordinary subject and reveal extraordinary tidbits of fascinating …

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‘Slender Silhouette’ Sweetgum

October 25, 2011 | Meghan Shinn | 3

We love ‘Slender Silhouette’ American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’) for its very narrow shape.

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American Yellowwood

October 17, 2011 | Meghan Shinn | 1

American yellowwood is an underused but valuable garden tree.

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9-11 Memorial Trees

September 12, 2011 | Meghan Shinn | 9

Here’s the story behind the trees planted at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City.

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Berries for Birds

April 18, 2011 | Sara Stein | 2

Planting berrying shrubs or trees is the quickest way to increase the value of one’s property to wildlife. The natural habitat of the groups suggested here is for the most part open, sunny borders such as along a fence; some …

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